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It seems incredible to me that we cannot find a proportionate way to tax unearned wealth like this. After all, the same argument is levelled at people on benefits: that it’s not fair that they earn more than hard working people.

The debate often focuses on the mix and number of houses we build. But we all too rarely talk about the deeper question of our relationship to land.

What if we had an intelligent tax on land value? Land taxes could be used to fund equitable housing policies, public services, and innovation and entrepreneurship zones.

All the things we need to prosper, live well together, and lead creative lives.

Looked at with a wider lens, our dysfunctional housing market stands at the root of the glaring inequality that besets Cambridge.

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And then there’s education. Two schools just a short walk away live at extreme poles of intake. At Milton Road primary school for example, 1 in 20 children are considered ‘disadvantaged’. Down the road at The Grove, the rate is reportedly well above the national average of 13 per cent, closer to 1 in 5.

If not checked, inequalities like these will eat into our civic well-being. We will lead balkanised lives, trapped behind barriers of wealth and privilege – barriers we will pass on to our children and entrench deeper with each generation.

We need to recognise that we share a city for a reason: to live together.

To live together well, the housing market needs reform. Fundamental reform.

Thankfully there is a window of opportunity. A new mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region, who we will elect on 4 May, will have a £70m budget for affordable housing.